Player profile

Kovchan, Alexander

Standard: 2446 Rapid: 2466 Blitz: 2444 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 14103052 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: UKR Sex: M Birth Year: 1983 Age: 43
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 258 Wins: 102 (40%) Draws: 129 (50%) Losses: 24 (9%) Other: 3
Dossier

248 of 258 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93.6%
Opened e4: 98/112Opened d4: 13/112Opened c4: 1/112
Castled kingside: 174Same-side castling: 150Did not castle: 33Opposite-side castling: 18Castled queenside: 14
Fianchettoed kingside: 90Played in the center: 76Played on the kingside: 66Played on the queenside: 47Fianchettoed queenside: 27
Active pieces: 153Initiated exchanges: 142Kept the bishop pair: 120Sacrificed material: 118Backward pawn: 117Space advantage: 113Isolated pawn: 70Accepted short draws: 49Played gambits: 46Avoided exchanges: 42
Openings

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As White 118 games 54W 57D 6L
Sicilian Defense 50 games 22W 26D 1L
Najdorf Variation 14 games 5W 8D 0L
Zagreb Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Adams Attack 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line 3 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
English Attack, Anti-English 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Opocensky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 6 games 0W 5D 1L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 6 games 0W 5D 1L
Boleslavsky Variation 5 games 2W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 5 games 2W 3D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 4 games 3W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 1D 0L
O'Kelly Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Venice System 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Four Knights Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dragon Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Classical Variation, Battery Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Classical Variation, Normal Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scheveningen Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Keres Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Maróczy Bind 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kalashnikov Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Kan Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Sozin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 27 games 11W 15D 1L
Closed 9 games 2W 6D 1L
Martinez Variation 7 games 2W 5D 0L
Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Morphy Defense 8 games 4W 4D 0L
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Steinitz Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Steinitz Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Berlin Defense 4 games 0W 4D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 4 games 0W 4D 0L
Open 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bernstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Open Berlin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
l'Hermet Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Schliemann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tartakower Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bird Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 13 games 6W 5D 2L
Advance Variation 7 games 5W 1D 1L
Short Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Tartakower Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Karpov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Gurgenidze System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 10 games 7W 3D 0L
Tarrasch Variation 10 games 7W 3D 0L
Chistyakov Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Closed Variation, Main Line 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Morozevich Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Eliskases Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Open System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Classical Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Uhlmann-Szabo System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Yugoslav Variation, Rare Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Open Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Retreat Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Petrov's Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Cozio Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Scotch Variation Accepted 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Main Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Pirc Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Austrian Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Weiss Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Benoni Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kangaroo Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 113 games 35W 62D 15L
Sicilian Defense 26 games 6W 17D 3L
Najdorf Variation 13 games 3W 8D 2L
English Attack 4 games 2W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Adams Attack 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Opocensky Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Amsterdam Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Moscow Variation 4 games 1W 3D 0L
Main Line 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Sokolsky Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Closed 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Carlsen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Bc4 Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Smith-Morra Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with d6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alapin Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
French Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Chekhover Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 19 games 6W 12D 1L
Exchange Variation 12 games 5W 6D 1L
(unspecified) 6 games 3W 3D 0L
Modern Exchange Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Spassky Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Three Knights Variation 5 games 0W 5D 0L
Hungarian Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Burille Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Petrosian System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Brinckmann Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Zaitsev Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 13 games 1W 10D 2L
Anglo-Indian Defense 10 games 1W 8D 1L
Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Queen's Indian Formation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
King's Indian Formation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's English Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Pirc Defense 9 games 5W 4D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Byrne Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Quiet System, Chigorin Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Chinese Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Petrov's Defense 6 games 0W 4D 2L
Modern Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Classical Attack 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Mason-Showalter Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Karklins-Martinovsky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 6 games 4W 0D 2L
Modern Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Rossolimo Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Chigorin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 5 games 1W 4D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 5 games 1W 4D 0L
Immediate Fianchetto 3 games 0W 3D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 5 games 3W 1D 1L
Advance Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lobron System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Two Knights Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Nimzo-Larsen Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Kingside Fianchetto 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Spanish Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Janowski Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Variation Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Standard Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Averbakh System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Indian Attack 3 games 1W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Defense 1 game 0W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rat Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
English Rat 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Indian Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Przepiorka Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Retreat Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Botvinnik System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Leningrad Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Warsaw Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
London System, with Be2 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Original Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Big Center Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Positional Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 502

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2026.09.10 · 59. Ke4 (−91.3% win chance) 1-0
Rendle, Thomas E
Kovchan, Alexander
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2025.12.03 · 24... Rxd8 (−72.1% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Kovchan, Alexander
Rozen, Eytan
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2026.07.18 · 36. Ree3 (−71.8% win chance) 1-0
Shearsby, Jude
Kovchan, Alexander
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2026.07.18 · 38. Re6 (−69.9% win chance) 1-0
Shearsby, Jude
Kovchan, Alexander
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